WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
byVanderleunonDecember 5, 2019
Well, to be fair, we did tell them to put down their phones and go outside to play. A cinematic snowball fight shot on iPhone 11 Pro by David Leitch, who has directed: John Wick, Deadpool 2, and Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw.
History is divided into two era. Before iPhone, and after iPhone.
Think that’s an overstatement? Look at movies before the iPhone, and think of how many dire situations could’ve been solved or escaped from if the character had just whipped out the smart phone.
Before the iPhone, I never took photos. I did not know which end of the camera the round came out of. Now, I do take some snaps. It feels a bit like ascending from the primordial ooze.
But, I shan’t be making any epic movies like this one posted. I’ll leave that for the real movie makers.
Much as I don’t support anything “i……” this was good!
ghostsniperDecember 6, 2019, 4:44 AM
What you’re looking at there is not necessarily the results of better equipment but rather the difference between a novice and an expert filmist. Yeah, I just invented that word. We’ve all see what novice picture/video takers can do and the quality of the tool has little to do with it. I’ll posit that an educated and experienced filmist can make even a rudimentary tool perform nicely. Clearly, the example above was done by people with vast experience.
Gordon ScottDecember 6, 2019, 8:50 PM
Yeah, Ghost, but remember that Chinese gal who does the rural cooking videos? She would shoot and *edit* hers on an iPhone 6. Now she has better equipment and help, but she did amazing stuff with basic equipment and no training.
But yeah, that was made by successful movie director. Those guys can see the finished product in their head before one frame is exposed. It’s the same with music producers. They hear a few chords knocked out on a guitar and they can hear an arranged, finished piece. I have no idea how they do it.
There have been times in the last few years when I regretted I did not have a camera or a video camera handy. Then I remembered, sometimes anyway, that I actually do have one in my back pocket, and it takes amazingly good photos and videos.
ghostsniperDecember 7, 2019, 4:33 AM
Gordon, that happens to me too all the time, forgetting I have a camera in my pocket. My point above was two fold, that much of the cell camera picture and video taking that is done now a days is on the fly by people that can’t be bothered with the arduous task of thinking for 3 seconds before snapping the pik. I’m not immune to this malady. We’ve all done it. I’m not saying that every pik or vid should be planned out to the nth degree but having an idea about what the end result should be would do wonders.
Regarding the above video. What you are looking at is planning, filming, editing, and I’ll suggest the editing is the most important part as that is the part that everyone sees. No one sees the mistakes that have been cut out. I’d bet money the unedited version is less enjoyable than the edited version. Back in the Windows 98 era I had a pretty good video camera and purchased some regarded video editing software but alas I quickly found I wasn’t very interested in that sort of thing.
Gordon ScottDecember 7, 2019, 11:21 AM
I remember (cough, cough) when a guy had to balance a video camera on his shoulder and wear a 30 pound belt of batteries….
It’s kinda funny who does turn out to have an interest in that sort of editing. Like you, I once had the software, and never ever used it. But I have seen a gal who seemingly had no interest at all take a knock-off version of Photoshop and turn out some stunning stuff.
After scanning its face again and again,
I began to scale it, picking my holds
With intense caution. About half-way
To the top, I was suddenly brought to
A dead stop, with arms outspread
Clinging close to the face of the rock
Unable to move hand or foot
Either up or down. My doom
Appeared fixed. I MUST fall.
There would be a moment of
Bewilderment, and then,
A lifeless rumble down the cliff
To the glacier below.
My mind seemed to fill with a
Stifling smoke. This terrible eclipse
Lasted only a moment, when life blazed
Forth again with preternatural clearness.
I seemed suddenly to become possessed
Of a new sense. My trembling muscles
Became firm again, every rift and flaw in
The rock was seen as through a microscope,
My limbs moved with a positiveness and precision
With which I seemed to have
Nothing at all to do.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
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History is divided into two era. Before iPhone, and after iPhone.
Think that’s an overstatement? Look at movies before the iPhone, and think of how many dire situations could’ve been solved or escaped from if the character had just whipped out the smart phone.
Before the iPhone, I never took photos. I did not know which end of the camera the round came out of. Now, I do take some snaps. It feels a bit like ascending from the primordial ooze.
But, I shan’t be making any epic movies like this one posted. I’ll leave that for the real movie makers.
In the continuing effort to kill joy & happiness everywhere…. the city of Wausau, Wisconsin has outlawed throwing snowballs.
https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2019/12/05/yes-throwing-snowballs-is-illegal-in-wausau-but-its-not-a-new-rule/
Looks like a junior version of Gladiator
Awww,how unexpected. The girlzz win. Again.
Much as I don’t support anything “i……” this was good!
What you’re looking at there is not necessarily the results of better equipment but rather the difference between a novice and an expert filmist. Yeah, I just invented that word. We’ve all see what novice picture/video takers can do and the quality of the tool has little to do with it. I’ll posit that an educated and experienced filmist can make even a rudimentary tool perform nicely. Clearly, the example above was done by people with vast experience.
Yeah, Ghost, but remember that Chinese gal who does the rural cooking videos? She would shoot and *edit* hers on an iPhone 6. Now she has better equipment and help, but she did amazing stuff with basic equipment and no training.
But yeah, that was made by successful movie director. Those guys can see the finished product in their head before one frame is exposed. It’s the same with music producers. They hear a few chords knocked out on a guitar and they can hear an arranged, finished piece. I have no idea how they do it.
There have been times in the last few years when I regretted I did not have a camera or a video camera handy. Then I remembered, sometimes anyway, that I actually do have one in my back pocket, and it takes amazingly good photos and videos.
Gordon, that happens to me too all the time, forgetting I have a camera in my pocket. My point above was two fold, that much of the cell camera picture and video taking that is done now a days is on the fly by people that can’t be bothered with the arduous task of thinking for 3 seconds before snapping the pik. I’m not immune to this malady. We’ve all done it. I’m not saying that every pik or vid should be planned out to the nth degree but having an idea about what the end result should be would do wonders.
Regarding the above video. What you are looking at is planning, filming, editing, and I’ll suggest the editing is the most important part as that is the part that everyone sees. No one sees the mistakes that have been cut out. I’d bet money the unedited version is less enjoyable than the edited version. Back in the Windows 98 era I had a pretty good video camera and purchased some regarded video editing software but alas I quickly found I wasn’t very interested in that sort of thing.
I remember (cough, cough) when a guy had to balance a video camera on his shoulder and wear a 30 pound belt of batteries….
It’s kinda funny who does turn out to have an interest in that sort of editing. Like you, I once had the software, and never ever used it. But I have seen a gal who seemingly had no interest at all take a knock-off version of Photoshop and turn out some stunning stuff.